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On February 18 2014 21:16 mahrgell wrote:german arrogance at work in nordic combination... german trainer: frenzel had to give up his lead from ski jumping, so the other 3 germans can close up to the top4... Would laugh so hard, if they now blow it... Why does Frenzel sacrifice his easy gold just to give the others a shot? And now Frenzel is having a hard time 
Frenzel was slightly ill. He could have a good jump, but it was known before that his stamina would be affected, so it was inevitable that he would lose distance in the cross country part. It would be stupid if he kept try to lead for as long as possible, as this would have made it much harder for the other germans to catch up.
Anyway, that collision in the end was stupid.
Luckily, the german team should be a guaranteed gold.
Also (I think I said it before) the nordic combined cross country course easily wins the competition for worst venue at this olympics (at the very least).
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On February 18 2014 21:33 Mafe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 18 2014 21:16 mahrgell wrote:german arrogance at work in nordic combination... german trainer: frenzel had to give up his lead from ski jumping, so the other 3 germans can close up to the top4... Would laugh so hard, if they now blow it... Why does Frenzel sacrifice his easy gold just to give the others a shot? And now Frenzel is having a hard time Frenzel was slightly ill. He could have a good jump, but it was known before that his stamina would be affected, so it was inevitable that he would lose distance in the cross country part. It would be stupid if he kept try to lead for as long as possible, as this would have made it much harder for the other germans to catch up. Anyway, that collision in the end was stupid. Luckily, the german team should be a guaranteed gold. Also (I think I said it before) the nordic combined cross country course easily wins the competition for worst venue at this olympics (at the very least).
the course is abysmal. if our boys jump well we might be able to make the relay interesting.
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speedskating is the messiest thing when it comes to nation wars
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On February 18 2014 22:02 Cocacooh wrote:Show nested quote +On February 18 2014 21:33 Mafe wrote:On February 18 2014 21:16 mahrgell wrote:german arrogance at work in nordic combination... german trainer: frenzel had to give up his lead from ski jumping, so the other 3 germans can close up to the top4... Would laugh so hard, if they now blow it... Why does Frenzel sacrifice his easy gold just to give the others a shot? And now Frenzel is having a hard time Frenzel was slightly ill. He could have a good jump, but it was known before that his stamina would be affected, so it was inevitable that he would lose distance in the cross country part. It would be stupid if he kept try to lead for as long as possible, as this would have made it much harder for the other germans to catch up. Anyway, that collision in the end was stupid. Luckily, the german team should be a guaranteed gold. Also (I think I said it before) the nordic combined cross country course easily wins the competition for worst venue at this olympics (at the very least). the course is abysmal. if our boys jump well we might be able to make the relay interesting.
With Frenzel ill (which was painfully obvious, never saw such a bad run from him this year) Norway has a chance in the relay.
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Apparently Fourcade was ill and had trouble breathing for today's Mass Start. I'm pondering how one can be so dominant on skis and have trouble breathing ...
He is uncertain for the relays, which would be a shame considering they would be top 3 contenders in both mixed and men with him.
Source : Eurosport [fr]
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On February 18 2014 18:21 GTR wrote:
love the storyline for the ladies figure skating - can kim yuna defend her gold medal against the home-grown russian robot girl?
When's the figure skating competition? I need to see Kim Yuna
nvm just looked it up thought it was today but it's thursday. Thought german tv wants to screw me over by not showing it :D
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On February 18 2014 23:50 AsnSensation wrote:Show nested quote +On February 18 2014 18:21 GTR wrote:
love the storyline for the ladies figure skating - can kim yuna defend her gold medal against the home-grown russian robot girl? When's the figure skating competition? I need to see Kim Yuna nvm just looked it up thought it was today but it's thursday. Thought german tv wants to screw me over by not showing it :D
Isn't it tomorrow 17:00 (15:00 your time!)?
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On February 18 2014 23:56 Grettin wrote:Show nested quote +On February 18 2014 23:50 AsnSensation wrote:On February 18 2014 18:21 GTR wrote:
love the storyline for the ladies figure skating - can kim yuna defend her gold medal against the home-grown russian robot girl? When's the figure skating competition? I need to see Kim Yuna nvm just looked it up thought it was today but it's thursday. Thought german tv wants to screw me over by not showing it :D Isn't it tomorrow 17:00 (15:00 your time!)?
I looked up the schedule teletext of my channel (german ZDF) and it says Thursday 16:00 CET I'm honestly not sure though
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On February 18 2014 23:59 AsnSensation wrote:Show nested quote +On February 18 2014 23:56 Grettin wrote:On February 18 2014 23:50 AsnSensation wrote:On February 18 2014 18:21 GTR wrote:
love the storyline for the ladies figure skating - can kim yuna defend her gold medal against the home-grown russian robot girl? When's the figure skating competition? I need to see Kim Yuna nvm just looked it up thought it was today but it's thursday. Thought german tv wants to screw me over by not showing it :D Isn't it tomorrow 17:00 (15:00 your time!)? I looked up the schedule teletext of my channel (german ZDF) and it says Thursday 16:00 CET I'm honestly not sure though
Well, there's womens figureskating on thursday aswell, but different program. Dunno which one it is either. :p
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Pretty sure that women's figure skating has two parts to it, so that would be the second part to the programme.
Wednesday 10 AM EST: Women's short program
Thursday 10 AM EST: Women's free skating
gross 3000th post You better not miss this event now AsnSensation!
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so many athletes have complaints about allergies
These Olympic games in Sochi are a disgrace to the history and name of the event... :/
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That's because the Figure skating competition is divided into two distinct phases: Short program and the free skate (or long program). They are done on different days. Whoever gets the most total points from the two programs will be the winner and the Gold Medalist. In Vancouver, Kim Yuna broke the record for points under the current system with 228.56 total points (according to Wikipedia). I highly doubt she or anyone can break that record, but we'll see.
So in short, yes, ladies figure skating will be on both days.
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On February 19 2014 00:05 Masamune wrote:Pretty sure that women's figure skating has two parts to it, so that would be the second part to the programme. Wednesday 10 AM EST: Women's short program Thursday 10 AM EST: Women's free skating gross 3000th post You better not miss this event now AsnSensation!
at least it was informative. 
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On February 19 2014 00:09 Grettin wrote:Show nested quote +On February 19 2014 00:05 Masamune wrote:Pretty sure that women's figure skating has two parts to it, so that would be the second part to the programme. Wednesday 10 AM EST: Women's short program Thursday 10 AM EST: Women's free skating gross 3000th post You better not miss this event now AsnSensation! at least it was informative.
haha yeah, my posts are generally terrible so maybe it wasn't that bad after all lol.
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What are these Dutch skaters' blades made from?!
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Holy shit new WR for Bergsma. Kramer is absolutely amazing but this will be hard for him to catch! Excitement!
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On February 19 2014 00:23 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Holy shit new WR for Bergsma. Kramer is absolutely amazing but this will be hard for him to catch! Excitement!
OR actually. But Sven is going for WR, will it happen?!
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Kramer losing time! Oh dear!
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He's not gonna make it :-o
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